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Thursday, April 27, 2017

SANTOS WIN 2016-17 VATICAN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP AND MAKE HISTORY

Santos
recently won the 2016-17 Vatican City league championship, which this
year featured nine teams and a change of format. This year's
championship was played in a round-robin format with no play-offs. It
wasn't without controversy. Santos won the championship with a four-point cushion on runners-up Musei Vaticani and third-placed Rappresentativa OPBG, who, oddly enough, finished with a goal-difference superior to that of the runners-up but were listed as third, presumably because their two results against Musei Vaticani didn't quite go their way. It was Santos' first-ever league title.

The
match between Musei Vaticani and Associazione SS Pietro & Paolo was
abandoned 10 minutes into the second half with Musei Vaticani leading
3:0. Bar one of the Ass. SS P&P players walked off the field without
warning and did not return. The ACDV disciplinary committee announced
that the result stood, awarded eight yellow cards to the Ass. SS P&P
team (apart from Paolo Nardi, who stayed on the pitch until the referee
blew the final whistle) on warning and suspended Ruggiero Rinaldin for
five matches for what they termed as "severely unsportsmanlike
behaviour."

Ass. SS P&P were docked two points for their misdemeanours, but they weren't the only ones; Gendarmeria also lost two points for picking up too many disciplinary points, whilst Fortitudo 2007 were given a three-point penalty for their card-count.On
a more positive note, the ACDV commended Fortitudo 2007 player
Gabrielle Mattiacci for admitting to the referee that he had committed handball in scoring against Dirtel. Dirtel's Armando
Goxhaj has been a prolific goalscorer in Vatican City competitions in
recent years, and he continued in the same vein throughout the season
just ended, finding the net 20 times. He scored nine more goals than
Santos duo Marco Puoti and Flviano Sperati, who finished equal-second in
the top-scorers' list.

Please find below the list of results from the 2016-17 Vatican City championship.

Meanwhile, the Coppa Sergio Valci, the Vatican City's FA Cup, is nearing its conclusion; the competition's results will be listed here at a later date. The Vatican City's national team will be playing against Monaco at Rome's Stadio Spellman on 29 April, and the fixture has a 20:00 kick-off.

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